Individual style and group synchronization are often difficult for dancers to balance. Last weekend, PNG x Body Rock: Dance Camp 2019 aimed to address this contradiction. Passion Nurtures Growth, a dance organization, and Body Rock Dance Competition held the camp at the John Wooden Center on Saturday and Sunday. The event’s 10 master classes were […]
Author Archives: Max Kieling
Student film blends comedy and horror to make light of irrational fears
A rustling sound outside a tent can’t mean anything good in a horror movie, but this takes a twist in “Camp Willowcreek.” Two girls encounter this situation in third-year film and television student Nora McCoy’s short film, which follows their discovery of a strange forest creature while camping. But the potential threat evolves into a […]
Cafe review: Donation-based coffee shop Upside Down provides fresh, welcoming environment
Accustomed to the appallingly high expenses at modern coffee shops, I wondered what the prices would be as I walked into Upside Down – only to find that there were none. The donation-based cafe – where customers dictate how much they want to pay for its products – initially seemed like every other trendy, millennial-infested […]
‘Hiro’s Table’ documents establishment of authentic Japanese restaurant in LA
“Hiro’s Table” follows a family coping with loss, success and the relentlessly fast-paced Los Angeles restaurant scene. UCLA alumna Lynn Hamrick directed, wrote and produced the documentary, which depicts master chef Hiroji Obayashi and his wife Yasuyo Obayashi over the course of 16 years as they pioneer a new restaurant model in LA: an authentic […]
UCLA Extension student’s short film emphasizes optimistic outlook on Alzheimer’s
Every three seconds, someone develops Alzheimer’s disease – but Bruna Cabral is trying to find hope despite its negative impacts on millions of families. The UCLA Extension student’s short film follows an 8-year-old boy named Dylan (Mason Wells) whose 80-year-old best friend begins to lose her memory due to Alzheimer’s. Instead of abandoning her, the […]
Album review: ‘Weezer (Black Album)’ trades nostalgia for confused genre shifts and tired lyrics
Weezer’s 13th studio album is experimental, but not for the sake of experimenting. Accurately embodied in their masked appearance on the album cover, “Weezer (Black Album)” is almost unrecognizable as a Weezer album. The band forfeits the characteristically gritty, unrefined tone of prior albums for an underwhelming attempt at conformity to an “experimental” modern pop […]
Alumna’s architecture integrates aesthetics with practical design
Architect Alice Fung doesn’t just design buildings; she tries to make life better for others through her work. The UCLA alumna is a practicing architect at Fung+Blatt Architects, a firm she founded with her husband, Michael Blatt. She said the business pushes the boundaries of structural architecture by combining artwork and machines to enhance aesthetic […]